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If only we had some sort of massive example that had killed literally a million Americans. Then maybe we'd learn.

Oh well. Maybe when that happens.

You are apparently shadow banned. I have vouched for your comment with some trepidation hoping you will clarify what incident or issue you mean.

It's visible now, so your vouching worked. It seems obvious to me GP is writing about COVID-19. The US CDC lists estimated US deaths from COVID at currently 1,153,910.

But we've had plenty of other examples in living memory, with influenza currently averaging about a million deaths in the US every 30 years.

Yeah, I'm aware. Happens to all my comments.

And as the other poster correctly guesses, this was a sarcastic reference to covid.

Thank you.

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